Just got back from the Carpe Diem showroom and OMG what a great bed.  Soft just like i like it.  Latex topper and coil mattress.  Is there any downside before i pay $13,000.00 for this bed?   Up until now the Aireloom Victoria Gardens bed was the only one i liked by this CD bed is great.    

Also, is there any other place to get them other than the standard retail places?  I'd love to shave off a few thousand dollars if i could.

Thirteen..thousand...DOLLARS? For that price it better be stuffed with unicorn hair and gold dust.

Just teasing. If I could afford such a bed I'd probably buy one too.

 

Are you in Canada, and if so, have you looked into or heard of these handmade beds?

http://www.hypnoscanada.com/prototype.php

No i am in Southern Calif.  I will check out your link.  I tried another custom-build latex mattress place and they beds were without a doubt better than any S-mattress but they seemed a little mushy to me. I think i need the coils.  Coils + latex works for me.  I sure would like to find it 20% off tho.  

neiman wrote:

You also might want to check out Royal-Pedic in Beverly Hills.  Preety high quality, with some latex over coil models.   Expensive, but should be cheaper than the Carpe Diem. 
 

Gonna go to DUX in Newport tomorrow and thats it....will decide after that. 

I thought the $3900 McRoskey coil + wool + latex bed was TO DIE FOR, but I didn't purchase it.  But they are only in NorCal :-/  I think I paid $12k for my car in 1995.  I can't imagine paying $13k for a mattress unless I were filthy rich or the it was the only mattress that allowed me to sleep.

Sleepswithcats-

(Love the ID by the way)....where did you get your McRoskey?  Who is it made by? 

16 years ago i paid $2000.00 for a bed (and that was a lot of money at the time for someone in their late 20's) and it was such a GREAT bed...in fact 2 family members and one friend bought the same one after checking out mine.   So to shell out 14,000.00 for a bed that might last me the rest of my life is only 16,000.00 for beds over my lifetime.  Even if i have to buy one more bed in my 60's-70's i think i will still be under or within the normal and usual range for $$ spent on beds over a lifetime.  PLUS, i have no kids so i have more $$ to spend on myself than the average person. I SAVED my first million by the time i was 35, and always made good choices so that is why i am able to spend what ever i want when stuff like this comes up.  I just want to love the bed when it is delivered....i'd pay almost anything to be as happy with the new bed as i was with my old one.  Its scary because its basically a 'final sale' as i know you are aware.  I don't handle 'no return policy' well.   

You don't need to justify the amount you are willing to spend for something. Everyone has different priorities, but one thing I know is that the older you get, the more important a comfortable bed becomes! I used to be able to sleep on any horizontal surface, but now for a variety of reasons, I need a good bed.

If I had the kind of disposible funds that would allow me to buy a 5k bed and have it guaranteed to be exactly what I need to ensure being pain free every day, I would do it in an instant.

neiman: I passed on the McRoskey and spent $2k on a Savvy Rest.  And another $2500 on an awesom bed and nightstand.  I don't have to watch every penny I spend and over the years I've learned that buying cheap crap doesn't pay.  When shopping for big ticket items, it seems that you generally get what you pay for, but only up to a point.  I like to try to find this inflection point where I am purchasing a quality product that has good value for the dollar.  When I went bed shopping, I looked around at Crate and Barrel at the plain, wood platform beds.  After looking underneath the mattresses and inspecting closely, I discovered that any bed under $1100-$1200 was manufactured wood or had bad support.  When I found that I was going to have to spend $1500 to get something acceptable, I decided to splurge and spend $2k on this bed.  I splurged and got the matching side table.  The bed will last two lifetimes and I'm glad I decided to get the side table.  Given how poorly constructed some beds are, I think I got a steal on the bed!

I admit I don't know anything about Carpe Diem, but I find it difficult to imagine that a $13k has that much more to offer than a bed in the $4-5k price range.  Perhaps someone can explain what makes these beds so expensive.

 

DoreenA wrote:

I'm finding that to be the case, even at 50, which isn't all that old. I intended to be done spending $ on my bed after I get my toppers right, but after waking up all stuffed-up this morning (& many mornings) and waking up all clammy (will never understand how I can be cold & sweaty at the same time), I'm now looking at latex or latex-and-wool pillows and at wool mattress pads. (I might just use a wool blanket as a mattress pad.) Good sleep is important.
 

sleepswithcats wrote:

Oooooh, pretty!

Seven years ago we bought a natural latex mattress with a phenomenal topper at Ergo in Southern Ca. It was a great bed ... until the wool topper started to wear out. I noticed I was (for years!) increasingly not sleeping well. 

 

We then moved to Connecticut and toyed with buying a new topper to replace the old. It would have been nearly $1000.

THEN we started shopping. We tried a natural latex bed from another local manufacturer, but couldn't get it just right. We shopped around at higher end stores and got close to going the Kluft route, but after going the alternative route with the latex -- it just didn't feel right. (at the time we were in the $3,000 to $6000 category.)

THEN... on a lark we stumbled into the Sleep Etc store in Stamford. Paul the manager showed us what he had. Nothing seemed to interest us.

THEN... he suggested we try the Carpe Diem, which were WAY out of our price range. (Turns out they were the national CD distributor.)

We have never looked back. We bought one and at the age of 59 I can tell you that for the past three months my wife and I have never slept better. This is, without a doubt, THE BEST bed I have ever slept in. Period. Nothing comes close.

Best part: I'm sleeping through the night again! It sounds totally corny and promotinal, but it's true. Somehow they removed all levels of pressure. I justified the price by reminding myself i spend 6-7 hours a night in the bed and it'll likely be the last bed I ever buy. I'll have to replace the topper, but ... it's the quality of sleep that counts. The worst part about this bed: I hate to get out of it in the morning. 

I'm not in any way associated with Sleep Etc. or Carpe Diem. I'm just a guy who has shopped for beds for years. I consider myself an educated mattress shopper. Like many of you (us) we experienced failures with traditional beds as the qaulity started to deteriorate. (One too many Sterns & Fosters!)

We're so sold on this bed that we recently replaced an older traditional bed in our guest room with ... a Carpe Diem. Just couldn't bring ourselves to buy anything else. Lots of money, but worth it.

My prediction is that Carpe Diem and premium beds, in general, will increasingly capture a larger chunk of the bedding market, mostly by world-of-mouth.

Happy shopping!